The chilling and heart-pounding new novel from Norwegian superstar Jorn Lier Horst
INSPIRATION FOR THE HIT BBC FOUR SHOW WISTING
'Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers' THE TIMES
A killer caught. A murder sentence served. But did they arrest the wrong man?
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In 1999, seventeen-year-old Tone Vaterland was killed on her way home from work.
The police - desperate for a quick conviction - deemed the investigation an open-and-shut case and sent her embittered ex-boyfriend, Danny Momrak, down for murder.
Her family was able to grieve. The public felt justice had been done. The streets were safe again.
But twenty years later, William Wisting receives an anonymous letter suggesting that the wrong man was convicted, and worse yet: the real murderer is still out there.
Thrown into a terrifying race against time, Wisting must find the sender and catch the real killer before they strike again.
But nothing is as it seems. And as Wisting disappears further into a dark past of secrets, lies and murder, his own life is threatened . . .
Can he find Tone's true killer before it's too late?
Praise for Jorn Lier Horst
'Horst, a former Norwegian police detective, is often compared to Sweden's Henning Mankell for his moody, sweeping crime dramas' New York Times
'Jorn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian crime fiction . . . His books are superbly plotted and addictive, the characters wonderfully realized' Yrsa Sigurdardottir
'One of the most brilliantly understated crime novelists writing today' Sunday Times
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Praise for Jorn Lier Horst * : * Tense, fast-paced . . . compelling * Sunday Times * Relentlessly exciting . . . creates a sense of real menace * The Times * Jorn Lier Horst writes some of the best Scandinavian crime fiction available. His books are superbly plotted and addictive, the characters wonderfully realised * Yrsa Sigur?ardottir * Up there with the best of the Nordic crime writers * The Times * Praise for A Question of Guilt * : * A well-written and intensely thrilling story * Tvedestrandsposten, Norway * Horst both knows how to craft a good plot and to make the lines all come together * Verdens Gang, Norway * Horst is a craftsman, and at his best a truly masterful writer of crime novels * Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway * Jorn Lier Horst is back with one of the best books in the Wisting series * Dagsavisen, Norway *
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Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 162 mm
Dicke: 36 mm
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978-0-241-38959-1 (9780241389591)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
JORN LIER HORST worked as a police officer and head of investigations before becoming a full-time writer and has established himself as one of the most successful authors to come out of Scandinavia. His books have sold over two million copies in his native Norway alone and he's published in twenty-six languages.
The Wisting series, produced by the team behind Wallander and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, was a hit BBC series in 2019 with a second series due to air soon.
Anne Bruce studied Norwegian and English at the University of Glasgow and now lives on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. She has translated a number of crime novels by Anne Holt and Jorn Lier Horst, including the Petrona-Prize-winning The Caveman and When It Grows Dark, which was longlisted for the CWA International Dagger in 2017.
